The Commodification of Identity in Victorian Narrative: Autobiography, Sensation, and the Literary Marketplace

by Sean Grass

Book Overview

In the first half of the nineteenth century autobiography became, for the first time, an explicitly commercial genre. Drawing together quantitative data on the Victorian book market, insights from the business ledgers of Victorian publishers and close readings of mid-century novels, Sean Grass demonstrates the close links between these genres and broader Victorian textual and material cultures. This book offers fresh perspectives on major works by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110848445X
• ISBN13: 9781108484459
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 9.4"